port of call

noun phrase

1
: an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo
2
: a stop included on an itinerary

Examples of port of call in a Sentence

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On day one, the staff doesn’t have a full read on the vacancy rate, which is usually determined after the first port of call. Colleen Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024 Photo: Blake Shorter So says a man whose recent ports of call have included Palm Beach and the Bahamas, both periods spent working for designer Amanda Lindroth. Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024 Several cruise carriers have already changed ports of call. Martin Vassolo, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024 The ship, which operates on the Turkey East Coast Express Service, is headed to its next port of call in Egypt. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for port of call 

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of port of call was in 1838

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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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